Shirt-waist attachment.



No. 633,845. Patnted Sept. 26, I899;

c. 5., nunn.

SHIRT WAIST ATTACHMENT.

(Applicstion filod Ian. 24, 1899.)

(In Nodal.)

IN VENTOH am wf A 7TOHNEYS.-

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' To all tuhont it may concern;

' I-IURD, of Unadilla, in the county-of Otsego proper position or so that no space will be parts, as will be hereinafterfully set forth,

, drawings, forming apart of this specification,

upon the skirt forthe' purpose of connecting a waist towhich the improved supporter is applied. Fig. 2 is a rear face'vie'w of the imzontal section taken practicallyon the line supporter.

, .ou nLoimEELIZABETH Bonn, or NADILLA, NEW'YO-RK.

:s H rRT -'W-A rSET ATTA o H MEN T- srncmrcn'mon' forming part of,Lettens 1 atent no.es3,s45, dated September 26, 1899. .hpplication filedfl'annary 24, 13199. smuumoaz z. mamas.)

I Be itknown that I, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH,

and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Shirt-Waist Attachment,of which the following-is a full, clear, and exact description; I i

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, eifective, and economic device especially adapted for attachment to dressand shirt waists for the purpose of enabling a skirt to be utilized 'for holding a waist in visible between a waist and skirt and where-- by the waist will not work up in wearing.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the device that a pliable memberwill be a fixture upon the waist and may be passed through the wash as readily as the most pliable portion of the garment,the other member, which may .be of spring material, being detachably supported in the pliable member.

Another object of the invention is to provide a waist attachment that will not be u'n comfortable when worn and that will be concealed when the Waist is upon the person and the attachment is connected witha skirt and whereby also ordinary hooks may be used.

the skirt with the shirt-waist attachment. i The inventionconsists in the nov'eljcoin struetion and combination ofthe several and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be hadto the aceom panying in which similar characters of reference in dicate corresponding parts in all the figures. 7

Figure 1 is a rear view of a person wearing proved supporter and the portion of the material to which itis applied. Fig. 3 is a hori;

3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. iis a longitudinal section taken through the supporter and a waist, taken practically onthe line a 4 of Fig. 2, and likewise a section through aportion of a skirt, said figure likewise illustrating the manner in which the skirt is sustained by the proper position.

waistline or between the waist-line and skirtsection ofthe waist, the supporter being horizontally applied. 'The supporterA is made in two sections-a body-section a and a sup porting-section a. The body-section a is at tached permanently to the waist and consists of a strip or tape of fabric or other pliable or yielding material secured to the waist'bylines of stitching or by any other Well-knownmeans,

the said strip or tape being provided with a pocketflO at each end formed upon its outer section of the supporter is also preferably provided with a transverse loop 11 at or near its center, extending practically from the bottomto the top edges of the said body, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

lhe supporting-section a of the supporter consists of a strip of spring material, metal, or other substance of suitable description and of such length that when the two members of the supporter are assembled the ends of the supporting-strip a may. enter the pockets 10 of the body-strip, the central portion of the supporting-strip a being located between the loop 11 and the body-stripes is shown in Figsrl 2, and 3.

' The waistband of the skirt 0 is provided with a hook 12 near each of its ends'at the upper edge audsaid books 12 maybe of the ordinary or of any desired formation. After the band of the'skirt has been closed or the "skirt has been fitted otherwise to the waist B the books, 12 are made to engage with the upper edge of the supporting member a of the supporter, and such connection willeiiectuface, and the said tape or strip a of the bodyally serve 'to hold the waistband and the skirt in proper position relative to the waist.

It will be observed that, the hooks 12 engage with the supporting-section c of the supporter at each side of its center, so that the weight of the skirt is distributed along the said supporting -section, and consequently there is little liability of the skirt shifting from its It is obvious that when the supporting member a is removed from connection with the body member a the body member will present no obstacles to the proper washing of the waist and will be in no wise injured by rial having at each end a pocket and a trans verse loop secured to the strip intermediate the pockets, and the supporting-section consisting of a strip of spring material, the ends of which are respectively secured in the pockets of the body-section, and the middle portion of which is inclosed by the said loop of the body-section, whereby to hold the supporting-section and permit the engagement of two books therewith, the hooks to be engaged one on each side of the transverse loop.

CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH HURD. \Vitnesses:

LEWIS A. FREEMAN, WILLIAM H. A. PARKS. 

